Little is known about the newly appointed acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Mr. Nicodemus Odongo.
Born on August 20, 1975 in Kisumu, Nicodemus Odongo has Master of Science Degree from the University of Nairobi and has worked as a Senior research officer for Kenya Review Authority, Senior research & fiscal analyst for the Kenya National Assembly and a Research consultant at Makini College.
Nicodemus Odongo has been serving the state-run Health insurance company in the capacity of Director in charge of Strategy, Planning and Marketing since 2015.
Mr. Odongo was appointed acting CEO after the two NHIF bosses Geoffrey Mwangi and Finance Director Wilbert Kurgat were sent on compulsory leave after they were accused of frustrating a police investigation on alleged corrupt activities at the organisation.
Mr. Odongo was part of a team of four senior managers who were appointed in 2015. The appointment of the of Mr. Odongo and three other directors was part of the recommendations by human resource firm Deloitte after the four underwent competitive interviews in a bid to enhance professional management of the fund and to reduce perception that it was being mismanaged.
According to blogger Cyprian Nyakundi, Nicodemus Odongo and the suspended Geoffrey Mwangi have had a silent war with claims that Mr. Odongo did not Geoffrey Mwangi’s corruption.
Mr. Mwangi has in the recent past tainted Odongo’s name in blogs that were published all over the internet and accused him of insubordination after Mwangi beat him to becoming the company’s CEO.
Bloggers now say that Geoffrey Mwangi who has reached the end of his days, started fighting everyone and even lost favor with the board that is under pressure to be disbanded for allegedly overlooking corruption at the fund.
